On the 22nd, the Vice Minister of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said, “We will never tolerate anyone who disagrees with the exercise of the right to self-defense to defend. national security, and we will receive an extremely strong response until the end.” It was aimed at South Korea, the United States, and Japan, which condemned North Korea’s provocations in the United Nations Security Council.
In a statement released to the Chosun Central News Agency that evening, Vice Minister Kim said, “Under the direction of the United States on the 21st, the United Nations Security Council held an open meeting to put our new intercontinental ballistic missile ‘Hwasongpo – on trial. 17’.” revealed
The announcement of Vice Minister Kim’s speech comes about three months after he criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol’s ‘bold idea’ on August 19th. The day before, Foreign Minister Choe Son-hee warned, “I want to remind you that we are watching the moves of the United States and the United Nations Security Council,” and Vice Minister Kim increased the criticism.
Vice Minister Kim said, “It is a fact that the United Nations Security Council ignores the high-risk military exercises and aggressive military buildup that the United States and South Korea are busy targeting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and talks about exercising our inalienable right to self-defense in response. It’s an obvious double standard.”
Vice Minister Kim said, “The funny thing is that as soon as the public meeting of the Security Council was over, the United States could not hide its uncomfortable feelings and led a ragtag group of people from the UK, France, Australia ( Australia), Japan, and South Korea to issue a ‘joint statement’ that was disgusting to even hear. In doing so, they became angry because their impure prayers were not being fulfilled.”
The UN Security Council held an open meeting at UN Headquarters in New York on the 21st (local time) to discuss the issue of North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the 18th, but failed to reach a conclusion . This is because China and Russia, who are permanent members of the Security Council, have more or less supported North Korea’s provocations and opposed the movement to condemn it. Immediately after the meeting, ambassadors from 14 countries, including South Korea, the United States, and Japan, issued a joint statement condemning North Korea’s provocations and calling for denuclearization.
Vice Minister Kim harshly criticized this, saying, “It is a sight that can only be compared to a frightened dog barking.” “The Korean government strongly condemns this reckless act by the United States and its followers as a violent violation of our sovereignty and as a serious political provocation aimed at driving the situation on the Korean peninsula into a new era of crisis,” he said.
Vice Minister Kim warned, “No matter how hard the United States tries to disarm us, our right to self-defense can never be harmed.” he did He stressed, “We will respond with very strong measures until the end.”
It is an extension of Chairman Kim’s guidance on the site for the ICBM test launch on the 18th, saying, “We must clearly show the strong will of our party and government to retaliate against the insanity of the enemy’s aggressive war practice. ” Vice Minister Kim was caught crying at the ICBM test launch site as if overjoyed at the successful launch.
It is interpreted as an intention to launch additional provocations using the movements of South Korea, the United States, and Japan in the United Nations Security Council as a pretext. Recently, North Korea has been launching missile provocations, including ICBMs, after the publication of a conversation between Park Jeong-cheon, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Foreign Minister Choi. Before the 5th anniversary of the declaration of the completion of the state’s nuclear power on the 29th, it is expected that the level of discourse and the ‘horse bomb’ provocation will rise.
Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies, analyzed, “5 years since the completion of nuclear force is an important D-day as military measures have been accelerated after the recent discourse in North Korea. .
